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Video: Top fintech stories this week – 25 October 2019
FinTech Future’s weekly news round-up.
Temenos picked by Danish challenger Lunar to fight financial crime
Temenos says it was chosen to “address stringent regulatory demands”.
Goldman Sachs leads $35m Series B round in data storer Very Good Security
Andreessen Horowitz and Vertex Ventures also participated.
Irish credit unions finally take on banks with new current account offering
The country has long-awaited the sea change.
Revolut launches in Singapore
Country will be Revolut’s first Asian market and second outside Europe
ING validates transactions without compromising data in “blockchain breakthrough”
Transactions on Corda can now be proofed with complete privacy.
The birth of life stage banking
Finally customers will get help in managing their lifestyle or life stages.
Going the extra mile: forward thinking on customer experience
The latest Finovate eMagazine takes the hottest topic in fintech right now – customer experience – and puts it under the microscope.
A bird’s eye view of cloud and the payments industry
The sky is the limit for cloud and Volante.
Natwest, Nationwide and RBS pull banking apps from Google Play for Samsung S10 users
The S10’s fingerprint feature glitch means it can be unlocked by anyone.
Western Union expands into Asia with Kyodia and Hanpass partnership
The collaborations are live with payout functionality.
B-North aims to bring back brokers to the UK SME market
The fintech is in the process of acquiring its banking licence.
EBA’s migration deadline for SCA must be seen as a warning
Regulator has given plenty of time for merchants to whip themselves into shape.
Glue42 partners with RocketFin to bring behaviour mining to banks’ regtech suite
Glue42 works with the likes of JP Morgan Chase.
PeerNova raises $31 million in new funding round
Data reconciliation firm plans to build out its flagship platform.
Mastercard snaps up SessionM to support merchant loyalty services
“Consumers’ expectations about their experiences with brands are changing,” says Mastercard exec.
Luge Capital raises $85m to invest in Canada’s start-ups
Investments will range from $150,000 to $2 million.
Click to Pay e-commerce solution launched by Amex, Mastercard, Visa
Card schemes aim to reduce online payments friction in US.
US fintech community dealt blow by federal court as charter is denied
The OCC will be appealing the decision by the US courts.
Crunch launches mobile accounting platform for UK’s self-employed
The cost £5.5 million and four years in development.
US Bank plans thousands of job cuts in staff restructure
Bank is blaming changing customer behaviour for the need to downsize.
GMG, Wecan and Capelli bring blockchain to real estate sector
The product is dubbed ‘Wecan Tokenize’.
Bank of Lithuania pits IBM against Tieto for new blockchain project
Two technology firms go head to head in final sandbox stage.
Thought Machine to power Standard Chartered’s new Hong Kong bank
Vendor to underpin digital bank’s new products.
Making the most of cloud migration – expert advice from Bill Cunningham, Endava (Part 2)
Happy staff, happy customers and a more efficient, forward-looking organisation.
Instabase raises $105m sent to unicorn status
The bank app has raised $132 million since it began in 2015.
Complexity of SME market still eludes banks
Panel at the International SME Business Banking Forum believes banks missing a trick.
Kaleyra and Epiphany launch first open banking hub in Italy
The hub will give banks a space to launch PSD2-compliant products.
Mastercard and Visa battle over Revolut deals
Revolut says 75% of its non-European cards will eventually be Visa branded.
Contactless charity donations start-up GoodBox raises £1m
The funding is part of a combined Series A £2.3 million.
Santander to launch online deposit platform in US
It is said to be a rival to Goldman Sachs’ Marcus offering.
Ebury completes first acquisition with Frontierpay purchase
Ebury will use deal to expand and boost payments capabilities.
Mastercard trials Payment on Delivery with PNC Bank
New solutions aims to eliminate problems around cash and cheque usage.
Making the most of cloud migration – expert advice from Bill Cunningham, Endava (Part 1)
Data security, system consolidation, getting a net positive from the move, and more!
White paper: Digital transformation in credit for commercial and corporate lending
The question by now is no longer whether to transform, but rather how to transform.
Islamic challenger bank insha launches in Germany
New entrant wants to place the daily life of a Muslim at the centre of its offering.
Investor rights lawyers investigate Wirecard securities fraud
Earlier this year, white-collar crime investigators raided Wirecard’s offices in Singapore.
Dutch challenger bank bunq reveals Brexit delayed its ‘wish list’ UK launch
The UK was the first country on bunq’s launch “wish list”.
PayPal subsidiary Venmo launches first credit card with Synchrony Bank
Venmo will now be able to compete with N26 and Chime in the US market
